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Article: Trumpet Awards to blow inspiration across U.S.
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- January 30, 2002
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Carmen DeLavlade's Trumpet Award reduced her to tears, Lola Falana's inspired spiritual reflection and grasping his trophy tightly, Jeffrey Holder boldly declared that his was accompanying him to Heaven. Actor Denzel Washington was so stirred by the passion of the 1995 ceremony, that he penned a check for $100,000 to the NAACP at the event.
For 10 years, the nomination has roused rarely witnessed raw emotion and personal testimonies from such national icons as Dr. Benjamin Hooks, Maya Angelou, Marian Wright Edelman, Randall Robinson, Johnnie Cochran, Gen. Colin Powell and Ray Charles.
With all of the pomp and circumstance of the Grammys, the Atlanta-based Trumpet Awards spotlight the ...